moscms for Mambo Open Source Content Management System by using the acronym to formulate your new name.

Why be so afraid of using Mambo? PostNuke was not worried when they forked from Nuke. They even kept "nuke" in their new name. I think keeping the above connection with Mambo will not be an issue.

There are a lot of other "Mambo" something sites out there that will only be supporting the real open source project. Are they to be running scared from Miro for using Mambo in their name? I seriously doubt it as history has already shown.

There is no need for all those other sites to change their name to support this project is there? So why would this project "totally" disconnect themselves from Mambo? I'm sure the lawers they have retained will have the answer.

I say keep "mambo" in your thoughts for a new name and let the lawyers decide if it's sueable.

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Have not read all 23 pages (so far) so I just might overlap...
Sorry if I have.
My 2 cents:

* Metatron, Metatetron, Merraton or Metaraon. Also Metator (latin) or Metaphor
All different spellings of Metatron the archangel whose primary task among the heavenly court is to maintain the eternal archives. Also referred to as the "voice of God".

I'm not particularily religious but using the name of the greatest scribes of them all seems apt...
read more about metatron at http://www.crystalinks.com/metatron.html
Then the community mambers would become 'trons or metas or, with a twist... mentats or metaphors

* Ragtime
A slow swing with a lot of passion. The community would be the ragged masses ::)

* Adroit
As in deft or skillfull

* Emissary
As in carrier of message, the community would be emissaries

How about "Mambotron" then? The more I think of the huge developers community with all their many "$anbo'd" domain names, (including one I had just purchased,) the more I cringe over the loss of the name.

....Mambolage?

http://www.awhitehorse.com/
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

I do like TangoCMS. But both .com and .org were (coincidentally) registered on 18-AUG by some guy in Paso Robles, California.

Let us not loose site of the fact that there are dns whores out there who try to make a living from registering and reselling what may be perceived as a popular domain name. Some of those may be monitoring this thread as we write. Just something to consider.

I still like the idea of finding sponsorship to hire a marketing firm to do the work for us. Just thinking out loud.